The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-22
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old 1npe want Sof thst breed ef dogs at
ALL for when she was stretched Quito int string,
~ even tangled up into q knot, I would shoot ,
the bear, draw her OF one side, throw litils
cold yrtr over 'her,rlesvs her, and 70 to
butsAsr'ng.A lin sas hour. knd sonstimes Il
would take longer, she would begin 10 come TO-
gs,her like jOiutsd snake, and presently she
would fetch yelp, and come sirsaking IL to
me, shaped as she ought 10 be, showing her
teeth, and looking rs fresh as il che was . new
made dog, Aud then want shs vig'rousf
Yes, who says sho wan't:- You might have
hung cross-cut saw to swinging limb, and
she would have chawed Il the balance Of the
dsy--or have thrown her bears head, and
sbe uouIdu't touch the meat, but draw oil the
Teeth out merely for spite.
But there was one thing noticed about old
Jupe. Whenever the bears stretched her out
into string, she always lost her appetite for
the remainder Of that day. Well, old Jupe
and were down there, and VIC he'd keen doing
pretty much what l have been telling you,
when one day the bears spun her out rather
longer than usual. and she got cut 30 badly
that We had TO rest during the whole of the
evening. i was sorry for old Jups, but didn't
care much about having to stop myself, for /
was right tired and wanted rest, having seen
hard times that week. IL
The sun, suppose was about an hour High,
and WAS setting down under big tree, nurs-
ing old Jupe, and trying TO see IL couldn't
set her up on her legs ngin, when she raised
up her nose and snufficd tho air-then looked
in my face and whined. As she did this, I
saw ihs hair upon her back begin TO rise. I
knew that there was danger in the wind, apd
from what old Jupe had told me I thought the
red skins were about. The Ingens were not 10
rife then - they had been; 1; il Was the fall be-
fore Squire Rolfs oaue out from the old State,
but people had TO keep sharp look out, for
they would como down upon the settlemsnts
once in while, and they were mighty aptto
carry of somebody's hair with them.
well, ss soon as old Jupe spoke to me
looked about, and seed FIVE coming right along
In the direction In which I was. They wore
loaded, and kuowed at once that they had
been down upen the settlements, and wsre
new making their way to the river, that they
might cross over and get clear. Although I
ssw them, know they hadn't ,esn me. SO gath
sred up my thinss to start of, without thinking
that old Jupe was SO badly cut rhe eouldn't
follow. When was ready, looked for old
snpe-sbe trisd to Sst up, but cSnldn't-my
eyes felt watery, for hated to leave her, and
hadn't . minute to spare. But old 5upe was
. sensible dog, yes, ss I ssid before, she was
nice thing, for without speaking word, she
poked her nose under the leaves, ss much ss to
kno
snd getting atree between me and the angsns,
strsaksdH Il. You ought TO have seen me run,
to'know how fast man ought to novo when
Ingeus are after him. Well, artef streakips u
awhile, I thought Il wsuld never do to 70 OF
tha. way, and know io,hins about 'eh, 8, 1
begin to haul IN ~ horns. and back . ,ihtle. i
got behind tree, aud kept sharp lookont.
Presently seed them coming straight toward
me, so bucklod of agin, and went for some
distance. like . bear through q cane brake,
aud then stopped and took stand. hadn't
been there long, before seed them coming
sgin. The reason why I saw them SO oAen
was that kept before them, knowing that
they were making straight for the river. II
watched them narrowly, looked at EN- With
both eyes wide open, and saw they didn't seem
to have any notion Of me, but were puttiug Il
down fast and heavy tha: they might get ACROSS.
Il was now getting dark, and knew uuder
cover Of the night, a. they did not suspect Any
body was near 'sm, could keep close enough
to watch them without tb'ir knowing IL, and \
this determined to do, thinking that by pos
sibility something might happen to pay me for
my roube yTilC HT oJ
'Yousn know ] meter. spared an Ingen, no,
there don't breathe one who can say 1 ever
showed him any favor. Well, kept on before
'sa until got down ths river bank. It was
then quite dark. and growing more SO every
minute, for q fog was rising from the surface
Of the water. I looked about to see il thsy
had boat there. thinking il they had ono,
would take u, and let them git across as they
could. was searching longer than thought
for, aud didn't know how the time passed, for
suddenly heard them coming down to the
river, at the very psint where 1 was. was
now sksered, and looked about to see IL could
get out Of the way, but there was NO place 10
hide, and Il was too late TO escape, either upji
or down the bank. I'm gone case, thought
used up at last, but just at that moment /
saw large log or tree, which had been lodged
BY some high freshet, for one end Of II stiIl
rested on the bank, while the other extended
out into the stream.
Said to myself, ril git upon this. for I. h
so dark they can't see me, and can then kosp |
. bright lookout upon their movement so I |
stepped on Il, and crawlsd along to che far end.
ifound That the log was h0s,ing. aud getting
as near The small snd as could, 1 straddled u,
putting my legs in the water to steady me, and |
laid my rife across my lap. oh that it |
would but float sff ssid T hpt u xo,,du,.